Preserving compound for eggs.



ELLE]? PETERSEN AND MARY CLAIREMONT, 0F SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA.

PRESERVING COMPOUND FOR EGGS.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ELLEF PETERSEN and MARY CLAIREMONT, both citizens of the United States, and residing at Santa Ban bara, in the county .of Santa Barbara and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Preserving Compounds for Eggs, of which the following is a specification.

The, present invention relates to preservatives and more particularly to a compound for preserving eggs in their natural state, andthus avoiding the disadvantages and danger attending the keeping of eggs by cold storage.

summarily stated, the invention consists in coating the shells of the eggs with a com-- pound in solution to effectively exclude the air and in accomplishing which, the eggs retain their natural freshness without change of color, taste, nutrition, or in any manner causing deterioration of the shell contents.

With this object in view, the invention consists in a composition or compound of matter formed with the following ingredients in or about the proportions specified, to wit :'The juice of cactus is mixed with the oil of cotton seed in the proportions of one-third part of the former to two-thirds part of the latter and the mixture heated to the boiling point and then allowed to cool to 100 F. The, eggs to be preserved are then submerged in this solution and allowed to remain therein for a period of twenty-four consecutive hours, at the end of which time they are taken out, and allowed to drain until such time as they have become thoroughlydry. The eggs are then.

Specification of Letters Patent.

oil of cotton seed as above described.

Patented Aug. 1, 1911.

Application filed November 15, 1910. Serial No. 592,589.

scaling properties. It also hasother properties, thus it greatly assists the drying properties of the cotton seed oil, and tends to soften the lime of the egg shell and her nietically seal the same.

It has been found, after extended experiments, that far more successful results have been obtained by the use of the cactus juice than without it. In fact, the discovery is successful only by the use of the cactus juice, obtained by boiling down the cactus plant and using the product in solution with the The preservative qualities do not depend upon the oil'alone, but as much on the cactus juice; the combination between them producing the successful result.

As a substitute for the oil of cotton seed, it has been foundthat .olive oil, and also milk, may be used with-equally as good results. When used with milk, the proportions are one-third cactus juice and two.- thirds milk. It is possible also to use as the oil element of the solution, cotton-seed oil, olive oil and milk combined.

' From the foregoing, it will be readily seen that each egg is covered with a hermetically sealed outer shell, which will effectively seal all of the pores of the shell and protect the contents thereof from the contaminating influences of the atmosphere.

We claim I 1. A preserving compound comprising a liquid containing oil, and'the juice of cactaceae.

, 2. A preserving compound comprising the oil of cotton-seed, and the juice of cactus plant.

3. A preserving compound consisting'of oil of cotton-seed, milk, and the juice of cactus plant.

The foregoing specification signed at Santa Barbara, California this 28th day of September, 1910.

' ELLEF PETERSEN.

MARY CLAIREMONT.

In presence of VIo'roR CLAIREMoNfr, L. H. RosEBERRY. 

